Docking keyboard for TF101

I have a TF101 and was looking to get the keyboard dock. I was wondering with the release of docks 201 and 300, are all the docks universal, or because I own a TF101 I need that dock? The reason I am asking is I was going to get my wife one as well, but if I get her a newer version, then I would need to keyboards, where if there were universal could get by with just 1 shared between them when needed.

Do the bluetooth keyboards offer any sort of USB ports for connecting say a mouse or external drive or will that only come via the dock. Keyboard is not so much a need being the screen is touch, but the ability to connect a flash drive or external would be useful.

Thanks for the feedback. Think I will stick with the dock. Like the concept of it and being it was one of the primary reasons I got it, do not want to stray away. Will see how my wife likes it and worst case; not like the keyboard docks are a arm and a leg.

I initially bought my Transformer with a Dock it for the typing convenience AND the fact it had an additional battery, two USB Ports an a SD port but find I rarely, if at all, use these. On top of this I recently went on Holiday and to save weight, left the Dock behind and to my surprise I manged well enough without it.

I initially bought my Transformer with a Dock it for the typing convenience AND the fact it had an additional battery, two USB Ports an a SD port but find I rarely, if at all, use these. On top of this I recently went on Holiday and to save weight, left the Dock behind and to my surprise I manged well enough without it.

Agreed I just seem to use my dock as a charging point or for occasional transfer via USB stick

I initially bought my Transformer with a Dock it for the typing convenience AND the fact it had an additional battery, two USB Ports an a SD port but find I rarely, if at all, use these. On top of this I recently went on Holiday and to save weight, left the Dock behind and to my surprise I manged well enough without it.

On the flip side, I never leave home without the dock attached-- I have a nice Swiss Case to put it it (it's designed for a 10" notebook/laptop, and fits the tablet + dock perfectly) and a few accessories (like the car charger, screen cloth, etc and of course, reading glasses).

I like that the dock acts like a reading stand for the tablet, holding it at the perfectly angle to avoid glare-- an angle which changes from eatery to eatery, so having the ability to infinitely adjust the angle is a real plus.

I only wish I had a waterproof case for the whole, in case of accidental spills during lunch... but none such exist that would contain both.

I got my Transformer (TF101) in the fall, and my dock in January. Once I got the dock they were rarely separated, but lately I've been putting more emphasis on using the tablet as a table. OTOH, I've also started working on convincing my boss that he should ditch his iPad for a Transformer+Dock combo that I think would better suit his needs. I really like the flexibility that the dock provides, and consider it superior to a separate Bluetooth keyboard due to all of the dedicated function keys that are really useful. Either way, the Transformer is a nice product.